Taiwan’s Chou Chieh-yu (周婕妤) was crowned the Kamui WPA Women’s World 9-Ball Champion after shutting out British pool titan Allison Fisher 9-0 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the organizers said on Sunday.
Following the championship win at Harrah’s Resort and Casino Atlantic City, Chou pocketed US$30,000 and became the first female competitor to hold both the 9-ball and 10-ball world titles since Briton Kelly Fisher in 2012.
Chou, 36, won the Predator World Women’s 10-Ball Championship in Austria in September last year after clinching a silver medal at last year’s World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, in July.
Photo provided by Chinese Taipei Billiards Federation
“I’m very excited and it’s like a dream,” Chou said after her latest match, according to the Predator Pro Billiard Series Web site.
“The last 16 I thought I was going to lose, and I won 9-8. I feel very lucky. I focused and continued my game so I’m really happy,” Chou said.
Chou’s win in the final saw her blank Allison Fisher, the 54-year-old Billiard Congress Hall of Famer.
Photo provided by Chinese Taipei Billiards Federation
“If you had asked me at the beginning of the week if I would like to be in the final, I would be quite pleased with it,” Allison Fisher said, according to the Predator Pro Billiard Series Web site. “No one wants to lose nine nil, but I couldn’t do anything about it.”
Chou reached the finals by beating South Korean players Seo Seoa (9-7), Jin Hye-ju (9-2) and Woojin Lee (9-8) in the semi-finals, quarter-finals, and the last 16 respectively.
The 64-player 2023 Kamui Women’s World 9-Ball Championship, held from Thursday to Sunday, carried a total purse of US$148,000 and returned after a four-year hiatus since the tournament was last staged in Sanya, China, in 2019, which Fisher won.
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